definitely empty. When Herrick enters he refers to Sarah Good and Tituba as a bundle of rags even though he knows that Sarah and Tituba are lying beneath them‚ which is somewhat dehumanising. Towards the end of Act 4‚ when Proctor is discussing with Danforth about confessing‚ he says he ‘wept like a woman’ which I feel is being sexist and it’s as if stating that men don’t cry. Also near the end of Act 4‚ Proctor eventually releases his emotions and breaks down‚ with a moving speech‚ and confesses to
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Are you loyal? Loyalty is the quality of being loyal to someone or something. Loyalty is being displayed all through act three. There are multiple comparisons that comes to mind when i read this play and when i think about modern day events. Loyalty is a very strong word‚ everyone is not loyal. Most time when we think of loyalty we think of being loyal to your boy or girl friend but that is not that case all the time. Loyalty is standing up and acting on what you believe in no matter the circumstance
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This book is written by Arthur Miller in 1953. It had came from a play called the crucible. There are 4 main characters in the book named john proctor‚ danforth‚ abigail and elizabeth. They trying to protect their reputations. Everybody else kinda do‚ you can say. But they have to pay for what they did. Its a witch trail. Late one night they were kids playing in the woods. They was doing the stuff that has to do with witches. Betty faints in fright at being discovered‚ and will not wake up. Rumors
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the crucible‚ the town of Salem was a theocracy so when John Proctor and Giles Corey‚ and others spoke out against the trials in order to defend their wives or themselves this was seen as an attack on the Government and the Church as well as God‚ Danforth states “A person is with the court or the must be counted against it there is no road in between” In Salem if you don’t belong to God you belong to the devil that is seen as responsible for the acts of witchcraft therefore you are seen to
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court with a blank face‚ and denied the accusation with everything I had. I became indignant with the judge‚ and he decided that he would ask Elizabeth about why I was fired from her house. Neither John or myself was allowed to look at her when Danforth questioned her‚ so all I could do was hope that she would lie to him to make sure her husband’s good name could be preserved in the town. Sure enough‚ she lied for him and as she was walking out of the court room‚ John told her that he had confessed
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help to make the scene more important because it supports the idea of the mass hysteria that the girls spread in the town. Another difference is that in the movie‚ Abigail tries to accuse Reverend Hale’s wife of witchcraft. She is told by judge Danforth that the accusations are wrong. In the play that doesn’t happen at all but I think in the movie the scene is very important. It shows the true personality of Abigail and identifies her as the “bad character” because she just makes stories up and
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believe they deserved to die. Proctor had so many events leading to his final noble decision to end his life. He first‚ after Elizabeth forgives him for his affair‚ decides to confess to stand by her and help raise their children. However‚ once Danforth requires him to sign his name to an official confession Proctor refuses in an attempt to not blacken his own name. He states‚ "You will not use me! I am no Sarah Good or Tituba‚ I am John Proctor! You will not use me! It is no part of salvation
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The crucible directly means a severe‚ searching test or trial. The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a perfect example of that definition. The book is based upon the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690’s‚ it also has a deeper meaning it also relates to the communist hunts of the 1950’s led by Joseph McCarthy. The Crucible in all of its meanings follow the definition of it being a severe‚ searching test or trial. In the book The Crucible Arthur Miller portrayed the horrors of the Salem Witch Trails
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Submission Exponent Submission Throughout the history of humanity‚ there are many examples of horrible and completely hideous crimes. While many of the crimes committed were pushed by the desire for power of some persons (mostly men: Adolf Hitler‚ Pol Pot‚ Josef Stalin and Idi Amin Dada are good examples)‚ others were realized in the name of God‚ as the ones who planned them say (all the wars among different religions and‚ more recently‚ Osama Bin Laden). It is well known that the "big names" of
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In the article “Giving Voice to Children’s Voices: Practices and Problems‚ Pitfalls and Potentials‚” James argues that “despite the representations of the “voices of children‚” children themselves may‚ nonetheless‚ continue to find their voices silenced‚ suppressed‚ or ignored in their everyday lives.” (James‚ p. 261) After conducting the photo voice assignment with my fifteen-year-old participant‚ Keerthana‚ I was able to come to a realization that due to the power imbalance between the researcher
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